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Research

Create a customized search tool


As educators we are faced with the challenge of teaching students to use the Internet effectively. With so much information available, it's important to bring relevant and reliable resources into the classroom and also to teach our students how to conduct a search. Google offers a cool tool to assist with both tasks.

The Goggle Custom Search Tool allows you to easily build your own search engine customized with content for your grade level or for a particular unit of study. The tool helps you teach students to search for information, but it limits the search to websites you have chosen as appropriate. It can be embed into your own blog, wiki, or site.

Do teach students that the customized search tool only searches websites you have identified, and consider allowing them to build a custom search of their own when teaching them how to evaluate reliable websites.


See the Wiki page on Evaluating Websites and citing your work too!


http://resourcesfortoolkit.wikispaces.com/Evaluate+Websites

Research Process


Big6 Skills™
 external image BigSixStepOne.bmp **Step 1 - Task Definition**
1.1 Define the problem

1.2 Identify the information requirements of the problem
 external image BigSixStepFour.bmp **Step 4 - Use of Information**
4.1 Engage (read, hear, view, touch) the information in the source

4.3 Extract information from a source
external image BigSixStepTwo.bmp **Step 2 - Information Seeking Strategies**
2.1 Determine the range of possible sources

2.2 Evaluate the different possible sources to determine priorities
 external image BigSixStepFive.bmp **Step 5 - Synthesis:** Putting it all together
5.1 Organize information from multiple sources

5.2 Create a product or performance
external image BigSixStepThree.bmp **Step 3 - Location and Access**
3.1 Locate sources

3.2 Find information within the sources
 external image BigSixStepSix.bmp **Step 6 - Evaluation**
6.1 Judge the product or performance

6.2 Judge the information-solving process
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Name:
Date:
Grade Level:
Title:
Curriculum area:
Sample:
Create a link to your sample here. Try to link the words, not the web address.

Note: It is probably easier to complete this out of order.
Task Definition:
Task: Define the research task here. Delete what you don't need when you are done.




Information Seeking Strategies:
Task: Choose the tools you would like students to use for this project. Delete those that you won't be using. This is just a list.
Location and Access:
Task: Organize sources for students to easily access online.
  • Choices:
    • Create links to sources right here in this template.Please remember to use words, not just web addresses.
    • Create a new wiki project page with sources organized and embedded.
    • Organize and embed sources on your own blog, site or primary web spot
    • Organize and embed sources in a Google Presentation
    • Suggestions welcome.
Use of Information
Task: Decide how students will get information out of the source? Provide links and directions if needed. Delete what you don't need.
Synthesis
Task: Create a sample project

Possible products
  • Wiki
  • Glogster
  • Google Presentation
  • VoiceThread
  • Dipity Timeline
  • Other
Evaluation